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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETY-SECOND

STATED MEETING OF THE

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION

GEORGE E. WATSON, SECRETARY

TaE Ninety-second Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union was held 14-18 October 1974 at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, under the sponsorship of the university, the Oklahoma Ornithological Society, and the Cleveland County Bird Club. Business and technical sessions were held in the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education at the university, and the social sessions were held there and in Holmberg Hall, the Oklahoma Memorial Union of the university, and at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Field trips were taken to various places about Norman and to two locations in the west central part of the state.

Bvs•ss SEssions

The Council met in the morning and afternoon of 14 October and again in the afternoon of 16 October. The Fellows met in the late afternoon of 14

October and again in the late afternoon of 17 October. Fellows and Elective Members met in the evening of 14 October. A summary of the important actions at these meetings follows:

Future meetings.--The Ninety-third Stated Meeting will be held at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba 25-29 August 1975. The Ninety- fourth Stated Meeting will be held at Hayerford College, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in August 1976 at the invitation of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and Haverford College. The Fellows and Elective Members accepted an invitation from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology to hold the Ninety-fifth Stated Meet- ing at Berkeley, California, in late August or early September 1977. They also voted to accept an invitation from the American Museum of Natural History. the National Audubon Society, the New York Zoological Society, and the Linnaean Society of New York to hold the Centennial Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union in New York City in 1983.

Election of officers.--At the meeting of Fellows and Elective Members, Donald S. Farner was reelected President; Charles G. Sibley was advanced to First Vice-President; Wesley E. Lanyon was elected Second Vice-President; George E. Watson was reelected Secretary; John A. Wiens was reelected Treasurer; Frances C. James, Burt L. Monroe, Jr., and Kenneth C. Parkes were elected to three-year terms on the Council.

Awards.--The William Brewster Memorial Award was made to James R. King for his physiological studies on Zonotrichia finches. The Elliott Coues Award was presented posthumously to Robert H. MacArthur for his theoretical studies of avian ecology and biogeography.

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JAMES R. KINe

The Brewster Award for 1974 was presented to James R. King, Professor of Zoophysiology, Washington State University, in recognition of his physiological studies of Western Hemisphere birds that have contributed substantially to our knowledge of annual cycles and energetics of birds in general. His skillful integrations of field and laboratory investigations of Zonotrichia finches, from Alaska to Patagonia, have provided fundamental insights into the interplay of endogenous cycles and environmental periodicities in the expression of annual cycles in molt, migration, and reproduction. He has integrated well the results of these investigations into the conceptual framework of contemporary evolutionary biology.

In addition Dr. King has long been an astute student of avian energetics. In his original investigations on Zonotrichia and in several synthetic articles he has provided quantum increases to the scientific rigor of this field by skillful application of his knowledge of physics, biochemistry, and physical chemistry. Collaborative investigations with others on the endocrine aspects of energetics and annual cycles have profired from his knowledge of these fields.

He has contributed significantly to a rationalization of avian life cycles in terms of availability and procurement of energy and the partition of its use among the major events of the annual cycle of birds.

Above all, and regardless of the field of ornithological investigation involved, Dr. King has brought into ornithology a mastery of the art of identification of significant questions, of design of decisive experiments, and of the testing of experimentally derived hypotheses in the real world of nature.

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ROBEœT H. MncAœxHVR (1930-1972)

The Elliott Coues Award for 1974 was presented posthumously to Robert H. MacArthur for his theoretical studies of avian ecology and biogeography. A mature science is one in which most field and laboratory experiments are designed to test some hypothesis rather than just random forays into nature. The struggle toward maturity has been long and difficult in the field-oriented disciplines and at times it has taken sharp vision to discern real progress toward that goal, but during the past two decades ornithology and ecology have been striding vigorously toward maturity.

No person has contributed more to this theoretical revitalizing than the late Robert H. MacArthur. Attracted back to his boyhood interest in birds by a desire to use his mathematical skills, MacArthur applied his insights to a re- markable variety of problem areas involving ecology and biogeography, all of which today bear the indelible imprint of his penetrating mind. The rapid pace of his intellectual activity did not lend itself to long-term, detailed field studies, but he constantly kept pace with reality by gathering field data on bird community structure in tropical and temperate mainland and island habitats. His ideas quickly attracted the attention of a new generation of avian ecologists who have undertaken some of the more detailed studies MacArthur's busy schedule prevented him from carrying out.

If reality is defined by the kinds of questions we ask of nature, Robert Mac- Arthur forged a new concept of reality. We all see arian community structure through different eyes than we did before, and his new precepts have been influential even in such distant fields as economics. His productivity was ter- minated at the peak of a tragically short professional life. It is our challenge to continue what he started so imaginatively and would have continued in the years that should have been his.

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The Committee on Student Awards announced that Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Awards in support of travel to the A.O.U. meeting in Norman were made to Edward H. Burtt, Jr., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; and William Shields, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. One-year memberships in the A.O.U. were awarded to 36 students (27 graduate students, 6 seniors, 2 juniors, and 1 sophomore) enrolled in 32 institutions in 23 states and 1 Canadian province.

The Committee on Research made Josslyn Van Tyne Research Awards to three persons, as follows: Marie A. Crock, Department of Biology, Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ecological relationships of two sibling species of chickadees (Parus carolinensis and P. atricapillus), $600; David E. Joyner, Department of Zoology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, Nest parasitism and brood behavior of the Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), $150; and Mike Mossman, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, Spread-wing posturing and social structure of the Turkey Vulture ( Cathartes aura), $150.

Membership.--The Treasurer's report on membership showed that at the end of July 1974, there were 3413 members, an increase of 196 from a year ago. Numbers in various classes were:

Members ............................. 2998

Elective Members ................. 239

Fellows ......................................... 90

Corresponding Fellows ........................ 67 Honorary Fellows ............................. 19

Total membership includes 1 Benefactor (+3 deceased), 15 Patrons (+21 deceased), 419 Life Members, 82 Life Elective Members, and 45 Life Fellows; 31 members resigned during the year, and 223 were suspended.

During the year between meetings the officers learned of the deaths of 9 Members, 5 Elective Members, 2 Fellows, 2 Fellows and Patrons, I Correspond- ing Fellow, and 1 Honorary Fellow:

Clarence Cottam, Fellow C. Blair Coursen, Member Allan D. Cruickshank, Elective Member Eleanor Dater, Member S. Gilbert Emilio, Elective Member Albert F. Ganier, Elective Member John M. Gates, Member Jean S. Gregory, Member Paul H. Hannum, Life Member George E. Hudson, Fellow Hans Johansen, Corresponding Fellow Francis H. Kortright, Life Elective Member Amelia R. Laskey, Fellow and Patron Harrison F. Lewis, Life Member Herbert H. Mills, Life Member J. F. Montague, Member

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Margaret Morse Nice, Life Fellow and Patron Robert J. Niedrach, Elective Member GLinther Niethammer, Honorary Fellow W. Walden Rubey, Member

In the meetings of 14 October, the following persons were elected to special classes of membership:

PATRON

Amelia R. Laskey (deceased) HONORARY FELLOW

Boris C. Stegmann (U.S.S.R.) CORRESPONDING FELLOW

Edvard K. Barth (Norway) Boonsong Lekagul (Thailand) Richard Liversidge (South Africa) Stephen Marchant (Australia) Ian Newton (U.K.) Christopher M. Perrins (U.K.)

FELLOW

Charles H. Blake

Richard T. Holmes

David W. Johnston Lawrence Kilham

Peter R. Marler

M. Brooke Meanley Helmut C. Mueller

Gordon H. Orians

Robert B. Payne William J. L. Sladen Robert E. Stewart

Miklos D. F. Udvardy George E. Watson

Milton W. Weller

Francis S. L. Williamson

Edwin O. Willis

ELECTIVE Mt•BERS

David G. Ainley Kathleen S. Anderson

William A. Calder

Alex Dzubin

James H. Enderson Jerome A. Jackson James R. Karr Cameron B. Kepler Richard E. MacMillen

William J. Maher David B. Marshall

Eugene S. Morton John C. Ogden Robert Raikow

Robert J. Robel Gary D. Schnell Paul A. Stewart

Robert B. Weeden

John S. Weske Mary F. Willson Fred C. Zwickel

Finances.--The Investing Trustees, chaired by Cyrus Mark, reported that because of the general sharp decline in the stock market, the value of the Merged Assets Account as of 31 July 1974 was $252,202.24, a decrease of approximately $82,000 or 24% since last year's report. This value represents approximately the cost of the securities and includes a capital addition of $11,000 to the general Endowment Fund during the year. Net income was $12,150.17, an increase of $997.90 over the previous year.

The Council reelected Cyrus Mark, Chairman, Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., and James R. Ware as Investing Trustees.

The report of the retiring Treasurer Burt L. Monroe, Jr., for fiscal 1974 appears in full at the conclusion of these proceedings.

Editorial matters.--Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Editor of The Auk, reported that Volume 91 (1974) contains a total of 979 pages. In late September he had 182 unpublished manuscripts in various editorial stages (29 more than a year ago). The Editor also reported a sharp rise in costs to $50.30 per page for producing The Auk and noted the reduced size of the July issue to stay near

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the budget. The Council authorized the Editor to assess charges on papers over 16 pages and raised the cost of a subscription to the Auk from $15 to $20. The President will appoint committees to consider the fiscal basis of The Auk and the possible consolidation of U.S. ornithological journals.

Oliver L. Austin, Jr., was reelected Editor of The Auk; the Periodical Litera- ture and Book Review sections and Index will continue under Associate Editors

Herbert W. Kale II, Walter Bock, and James J. Dinsmore respectively. J. W. Hardy, Editor of Ornithological Monographs, reported that one

Monograph was published during the year and two others should appear by early 1975. Seven other manuscripts are being revised by authors or are out for review. The prices of Monographs are still unrealistically low in view of rising printing costs. The Treasurer and his assistant will raise retail prices of present stocks and future Monographs but will continue members' and bookdealers' discounts.

Eugene Eisenmann, Chairman, reported that the A.O.U. Check-list Com- mittee planned publishing the sixth edition in 1983, the A.O.U. Centennial. The committee will publish a new supplement soon dealing with the sequences of orders and families and the species of shorebirds. The Council authorized the Check-list Committee to seek outside funding for its work.

Glen E. Woolfenden, Assistant to the Treasurer, reported that stocks of the second printing of the fifth edition of the Check-list and the thirty-second Sup- plement were exhausted. Sales have increased, especially in response to popular press reports about changes in common names of some widespread species. The Council authorized reprinting 1000 copies of each publication.

Ralph S. Palmer, Editor of the Handbook of North American Birds, reported that 2151 manuscript pages, 104 text figures, and 8 color plate originals for the two waterfowl volumes had been delivered to the Yale University Press in March 1974. The editor will resign after these volumes are published and the Council discussed candidates for replacing him and the possible changes in format for succeeding volumes.

Research and collection matters.--John W. Aldrich, Chairman of the ad hoc Committee on Scientific and Educational Use of Wild Birds (see charge to the committee, 1974, Auk 91: 817) gave the Council a preliminary report. When completed and accepted by the Council the report will be published in The Auk.

The Council considered the charges brought by the Department of the In- terior under the Lacey Act against Charles G. Sibley in connection with im- porting egg-white specimens and adopted the following position statement:

Council has examined and discussed the "Notice of Violation" of Section 43 (a) (2) of Title 18, U.S. Code (the "Lacey Act"), served on Dr. Charles G. Sibley, a member and officer of the American Ornithologists' Union, on 20 May 1974, by the Director of the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife. It has noted that Dr. Sibley on the same day accepted the proposed civil penalty of $3000 and paid that amount forthwith by check. The Council does note, however, that the Notice of Violation contains some errors and unwarranted charges. The Council is also familiar with accounts of these charges that appeared in the popular press and notes that, in some cases, these contain serious exaggerations and distortions.

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The Council of the American Ornithologists' Union does not condone, in any sense whatsoever, such violation by any member of the Union. It is the further view of the Council that the law has now taken its due course in this particular case.

Other Council matters.--The Council authorized the officers to apply for affiliate membership in the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The Council also authorized the Treasurer to send a contribution of $200 to the National Association of Biology Teachers Fund for Freedom in Science Teach- ing. The NABT is challenging a new Tennessee law that requires high school biology texts to include the Biblical account of the origin of life.

Amendments to the Bylaws.--The Fellows voted final approval to two changes in the Bylaws that received preliminary approval a year ago. These changes (1) increase the number of Honorary Fellows from 20 to 30 and (2) establish a family membership. The Bylaws as published in full in The Auk 1972, 89: 171-174, are amended as follows:

Article I, Section 2. Change "20" to "30." Article V. Add the following as a new Section: "If both husband and wife

are Members of the Union and wish to receive only one copy of each issue of The Auk, they may request a family membership, which will carry a rate of annual assessment to be set by the Council."

The Fellows gave preliminary approval to five newly proposed amendments to the Bylaws that would have the following major effects: (1) establish the office of President-elect and set the terms of office of President and President-

elect, (2) remove the requirement that the Treasurer be an Elective Member, (3) alter the procedures for amending the Bylaws so that changes need not be made in haste, (4) establish criteria for enrollment in special classes of membership, (5) add the Editor of Ornithological Monographs to the Council. The specific amendments are as follows:

(1) President-elect Article II, Section 1. For present first sentence, substitute: "The officers

of the Union shall be a President, a President-elect, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and nine Elective Councilors."

Article II, Section 2. For present second sentence, substitute: "In case of the President's absence or inability to act, the President-elect--or, if the latter is unavailable the Vice-President--shall discharge the duties of the President."

Article IV. Replace present Sections 1-3 with the following new or reworded Sections 1-7.

"Section 1. The President-elect, the Vice-President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and three Elective Councilors shall be elected by vote of the Fellows and Elective Members assembled at Stated Meetings. All elections shall be by ballot except that with unanimous consent the reelection of a Secretary or a Treasurer may be made by open vote.

"Section 2. Each Fellow and Elective Member shall be invited in advance

of the Stated Meeting at which an election is to be held, to nominate, in writing to the Secretary, one person for President-elect, one person for Vice-President,

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and three persons for Elective Councilors. These nominations shall be presented at the Stated Meeting of Fellows and Elective Members. Additional nominations may be made from the floor. For each office, Fellows and Elective Mem- bers may vote for as many candidates as there are positions to be filled. Those candidates who receive the votes of a majority of the Fellows and Elective Members voting shall be declared elected, unless the number of persons receiving such a majority exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled. In that event, only the candidates receiving the highest majorities up to the number still eligible for election shall be declared elected. Additional ballots may be taken as necessary until all positions are filled.

"Section 3. A President-elect shall be elected every two years. The term of the President-elect shall begin at the close of the Stated Meeting at which he is elected and end at the close of the second Stated Meeting thereafter. After completion of this term of office, the President-elect automatically be- comes President for a similar two-year term. In the case of the death or in- capacitation of the President, the President-elect shall automatically become President until the close of the next Stated Meeting and shall then serve a full term as President. A new President-elect shall be elected at the first Stated

Meeting following any such succession of the President-elect to President. If, after the normal term of office, a President-elect declines to succeed to the office of President, a President shall be elected from the nominees for the office of President-elect presented at that Stated Meeting.

"Section 4. The Vice-President shall be elected annually and may not succeed himself. The term of office shall begin at the close of the Stated Meeting at which election takes place and end at the close of the next Stated Meeting.

"Section 5. The Secretary and the Treasurer shall be elected annually. Nominations for these officers shall be made from the floor with consent of

the nominee. Formal elective ballots shall be taken, and the candidate receiving a majority of the ballots cast shall be declared elected. If no candidate receives a majority on the first ballot, additional ballots shall be taken until the offices are filled.

"The term of office of the Secretary shall begin at the end of the Stated Meeting at which election takes place and shall continue to the close of the next Stated Meeting. Unless otherwise arranged by Council, the Treasurer shall assume office at the beginning of the fiscal year following election and shall serve until the close of that fiscal year.

"Section 6. Three Elective Councilors shall be elected annually by vote of the Fellows and Elective Members assembled at each Stated Meeting. The Elective Councilors shall serve for terms of approximately three years, beginning at the close of the Stated Meeting at which they are elected and ending at the close of the third Stated Meeting thereafter. If an additional vacancy arises, a fourth Elective Councilor shall be elected to fill the un- expired term.

"Section 7. The Editor of The Auk, the Editor of Ornithological Monographs, and the Investing Trustees shall be elected annually by the Council. Their terms of office shall begin at the close of the Stated Meeting at which election

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takes place and shall continue until the close of the next Stated Meeting." Article IV. Section 4 through 12. Renumber as Sections 8 through 16. Section 9 (renumber as 13). For "Vice-Presidents" substitute "President-

elect."

Section 10 (renumber as 14). In first sentence, insert, "President-elect," after word "President."

(2) Status of Treasurer Article IV, present Section 10 (renumbered as 14 above). In second sentence,

delete "Treasurer,"; remove this section from Article IV and insert it as Sec- tion 6 in Article II; adjust numbers of Sections 11 and 12 (renumbered as 15 and 16 above) of Article IV.

(3) Amending Bylaws Article VIII. Replace the present Article with the following: "Proposed

additions and amendments to the Bylaws must be submitted to the Secretary in writing, signed by two Fellows, at least ninety days prior to a Stated Meet- ing. The Secretary will notify Fellows of the proposals at least two weeks in advance of the Stated Meeting at which they are to be considered. Proposed amendments shall be read at a session of the Fellows in a Stated Meeting of the Union and if accepted in principle shall be referred to the Council for con- sideration. The Council shall report any recommended action to the Fellows at the same Stated Meeting, and the proposal and recommendations shall then be considered by the Fellows. Any proposal approved for adoption by a majority of the Fellows in attendance shall be published in The Auk in the Proceedings of the Union and shall be voted upon by the Fellows at the next Stated Meeting unless further amended, in which case it shall be republished and voted upon at the next Stated Meeting. A proposal receiving two-thirds of the votes cast at this time shall be declared adopted and shall become effective at the close of the Stated Meeting at which adopted unless otherwise stipulated by the Fellows.

"Absent Fellows may send their votes on pending changes in the Bylaws to the Secretary in writing, and such votes shall be counted as if the Fellow were present, unless the proposal has been amended."

(4) Enrollment in Special Classes of Membership Article II, Section 7. For the present section substitute: "Fellows-elect and

Elective Members-elect shall be enrolled in the stated class upon notifying the Secretary of acceptance, provided such acceptance is received within six months after election."

(5) Editor of Ornithological Monographs on Council Article II, Section 1. In second sentence between the words, "Editor of 'The

Auk'" and "the Ex-Presidents," insert, "the Editor of Ornithological Mono- graphs."

Two other proposed amendments were considered and rejected by the Fel- lows. These would have (1) provided for a change of membership class for Honorary or Corresponding Fellows on a change of residence, and (2) clarified

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the status of Honorary and Corresponding Fellows at Stated Meetings of the Union.

ATTENDANCE

Registration at the meeting totaled 326 people, from 7 provinces of Canada, 41 states and the District of Columbia of the U.S.A., Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, and Yugoslavia. Attendance was as follows:

BRAZn;: Jose Hidasi. CANA•)A: Jon C. Barlow, F. Cooke, James A. Dick, Tony Erskine, Robert Ferguson,

W. Gunn, O. HiShn, Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Houston, David Houston, Donald Houston, David J. T. Hussell, Richard W. Knapton, Ross M. Lein, Roderick W. MacCharles, Stewart D. MacDonald, Charles D. Macinnes, Reid McManus, D. N. Nettleship, Mary O'Rourke, John W. Richardson, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas B. O. Savile, Spencer G. Sealy, L. James Shapiro, Gerald F. Shields, Philip S. Taylor, Keith S. Yonge.

C•LE: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Johnson. M•x•co: Dr. and Mrs. Allan R. Phillips. NETHERLANDS: R.H. Drent.

POLANm Jan Pinowski. Y•JGOSLAmA: Vojislaw Jovanovic. UN•T•) SrAr•s--Alaska: Brina Kess•l, George C. West. Arizona: William A.

Calder, Betty Carnes, Kathleen E. Franzreb, Stephen M. Russell, Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Spofford. Arkansas: Carl R. Amason, Henry N. Halberg, Alan F. Posey, Kimberly Smith, Richard A. Thomas. California: Bertin W. Anderson, Laurence Binford, Gerald Collier, Michael Evans, Thomas R. Howell. Colorado: Carl E. Bock, Winston W. Brockner, Alexander Cruz, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Hyde, James Tare, Jr., Richard Tinker, Barbara L. Winternitz. Connecticut: Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Sibley. Delaware: Roland R. Roth. District of Columbia: Richard C. Banks, Frank B. Gill, Frances C. James, A. Durand Jones, Marshall A. Howe, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Da¾id Marshall, Eugene S. Morton, George E. Watson, Richard L. Zusi.

Florida: Dr. and Mrs. Oliver L. Austin, Jr., W. Wilson Baker, Vincent Brach, J. W. Hardy, Herbert W. Kale II, Mr. and Mrs. James Kushlan, Fred E. Lohrer, John C. Ogden, Oscar T. Owre, William B. Robertson, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Schreiber, Paul W. Sykes, Jr., Glen E. Woolfenden. Georgia: Carl W. Helms, Enos O. Mellinger. Illinois: Carl Becker, Emmet R. Blake, Lynn Braband, Francesca J. Cuthbert, Martin George, G. William George, Jim Hampson, Stephen R. Patton, Walter R. Quanstrom, William E. Southern. Indiana: William H. Buskirk, James B. Cope, James R. Karr, Carl A. Strang.

Iowa: Kenneth F. Abraham, Richard D. Crawford. Kansas: Daniel E. Bowen, Timothy K. Broschat, Calvin L. Cink, Stephen Fretwell, Richard Johnston, Peter E. Lowther, Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Mengel, Henry W. Pelzl. Kentucky: Pierre N. Allaire, Burr L. Monroe, Jr. Louisiana: James G. Dickson, Horace H. Jeter, Dr. and Mrs. George H. Lowery, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Newman, Robert E. Noble, John P. O'Neill, James B. Ortega, Douglas H. Pratt. Maine: Olin S. Pettingill, Jr. Maryland: Robert NI. Chipley, Thomas W. Custer, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin E. Klaas. Massachusetts: Richard M. DeGraaf, C. R. Schmid.

Michigan: Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Beaver, Henry Howe, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Foster, Eldon Greij, John L. Hoogland, Robert Payne, Robert W. Storer, Gus Van Vliet, George J. Wallace, Marina Wong. Minnesota: Kenneth O. Butts, Kendall W. Corbin, Scott R. Derrickson, Mark Fuller, Michael J. Hamas, P. B. Hofslund, David B. Lank, Judy Mcintyre, Frank McKinney, Douglas J. F. Mock, Violet Nagle, Mr.

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and Mrs. Timothy Nowicki, Harrison B. Tordoff, Pauline Wershofen, Joseph M. Wunderle. Mississippi: Marian L. Branch, John A. Colotta, Jerome A. Jackson, David F. Werschkul.

Missouri: Ted R. Anderson, Kay Drobney, Leigh H. Fredrickson, William R. Goodge, James A. Mulligan, Judith M. Southern. Montana: Donald A. Jenni. Nebraska: William A. deGraw, Roger S. Sharpe. New Hampshire: Richard T. Holmes. New Jersey: Joanna Burger, Donald Caccamise, Caldwell Hahn, Bertram G. Murray, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schaughency. New Mexico: John Hubbard, J. David Ligon, Ralph Raitt. New York: Kenneth P. Able, Dean Amadon, Robert S. Arbib, Jonathan Bart, Cathie A. Baumgartner, Natalie Demong, Robert W. Dicker- man, Eugene Eisenmann, Stephen T. Emlen, Michael Gochfeld, James Gulledge, Douglas A. Lancaster, Michael Kern, Don Kroodsma, Roger Pasquier, Polly Plaza, Roy Slack, Sam E. Weeks, Julia M. Wentworth, John R. Wiessinger, Larry L. Wolf.

North Carolina: Dale M. Arvey, Charles H. Blake, Alan Feduc½ia, Walter Graul, Robert C. Kull, Helmut C. Mueller, James F. Parnell, Robert F. Soots. North Dakota: Michael L. Avery, Charles Black, J. Frank Cassel, Thomas J. Dwyer, Lewis W. Oring. Ohio: Mrs. Robert Booth, Richard D. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Burns, Richard A. Dolbeer, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Hinshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Mayfield, Elizabeth Mallory, Bruce E. McLean, F. Scott Orcutt, Jr., James W. Parker, William M. Shields, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Wiseman.

Oklahoma: Helen J. Ardrey, Liz Bergey, Patricia Bergey, Margaret R. Brenholtz, Charles C. Carpenter, William Carter, Mrs. Ella L. D. Dewey, Everett M. Grigsby, Joseph A. Grzybowski, Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Gunn, Mary A. Johns, Warren D. Harden, Troy L. Hatfield, Jenna J. Hellack, Victor J. Heller, Wesley S. Isaacs, James C. Lewis, T. Robert Lynn, Janet M. McGee, Mary L. Mcintyre, Sophia C. Mery, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Messerly, Mr. and Mrs. Paige E. Mulhollan, John G. Newell, Marion B. Norman, Mrs. J. W. Peters, Grace E. Ray, Ruby E. Ray, Gary D. Schnell, John S. Shackford, John Shelling, George Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. John Tomer, Jack Tyler, Bedford M. Vestal, David Wiggins, Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott Wood.

Oregon: Dr. and Mrs. John A. Wiens. Pennsylvania: Dr. and Mrs. Richard Clark, Mary H. Clench, Marie A. Crock, Patrick J. Gould, Scott S. Moorhouse, Kenneth C. Parkes, Robert J. Raikow, C. John Ralph. South Carolina: E. B. Chamberlain, W. D. Chamberlain, Jr., Dennis M. Forsythe, Sidney A. Gauthreaux. Tennessee: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. Ben B. Coffey, William Morris. Texas: Eric G. Bolen, Brian R. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Darling, David O. Dillon, Ethel P. Hanis, William V. Mealy, Ralph R. Moldenhauer, Robert L.. Neill, Joseph B. Plaza, Warren Pulich, Dr. and Mrs. John Rappole, Kenneth D. Seyffert, Joe C. Truett.

Utah: William A. Burnham, Keith L. Dixon, Clayton M. White, Robert C. Whit- more. Virginia: Curtis S. Adkisson, John W. Aldrich, Mitchell Byrd, Chris Stinson. Washington: Dr. and Mrs. Donald S. Farner, Ellen D. Ketterson. Wisconsin: Edward H. Burtt, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Neidermyer, Dennis Sustare, Charles M. Weise.

PUBLIC SESSIONS

General sessions and paper sessions were held in the Forum Room and Con- ference Room B of the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education. Tuesday morning, Paul F. Sharp, President of the University of Oklahoma, welcomed the A.O.U. to Norman and President Donald S. Farner responded for the

Union. Secretary George E. Watson summarized the business sessions of the

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previous day. Gary D. Schnell, Chairman of the Local Committee on Arrange- ments, made several general announcements. After a short intermission, the following papers were presented in concurrent sessions:

TUESDAY MORNING PAPERS SESSIONS

CONCURRENT SESSION A

Coevolved adaptations of South American meadowlarks and the Shiny Cowbird. MICUAEL GOCHFEI•, Enviromuental Health Science, Cohimbia University Medical Center, and Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York.

Spatial and temporal aapects of egg and nestling mortality in the Red-winged Blackbird. DO•L• CACC•IS•, Depart- ment of Entomology and Economic Zoology, Rutgers the State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Erratic populations and Allee's Principle: application to the Dickclssel. STm, rms FUETWm,•,, Bird Populations Institute, Division of Biology, Kamas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

Effects of superabundant food supply on reproductive pa- rameters of sparrows, Passer spp. TEn R. Axmmso,-•, Division of Science and Mathematics, McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois.

Relation of breeding success to clutch-size in the Eastern Bluebird. J. Ba•aT and D. B. P•ICaLL, Laboratory of 0rnl- thology, Cornell University, Ithaca. New York.

Some factors affecting clutch size in the American Coot. PaCH•aD D. Cr•wrom), Department of Zoology and En- tomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

The use of availeble time in the postiuvenal molt o[ Cardinals. A•aT•JR J. W•ssx•a•, Museum of Natural History, Cincinnati, Ohio.

CONCURRENT SESSION B

Song and asynchronous duetting in the Yellow-tailed Oriole, Icterus mesomelas. Jous WmLI• Ha•aDX, Florida State Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Variability versus stereotypy in the vocal system o[ the poly- andPOUR Northern Jacana, Jagann spinosa. Dosa•D A. Jr•nm and RoGrs D. Gauss, Department of Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.

A comparative sl•dy of songs in Seiums warblers. Rr• D. Bnow•, Department of Zoology, College of Biological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Species recognition of song in the Yellowthreat. JosEru M. Wtr•mrmLE, JR., Bell Mus•m of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Individual recognition between parent and young Ring-billed Gull•, Larus delawarensis. Fr•crscA J. CUTeSFreT, Depart- ment o1: Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.

Seasonal and daily activity rhythms in breeding Laughing Gulk, Larus atticilia. JOANNA BURGER, Department o1: Biology, Livingston College, Rutgers University, New Bruns- wick, New Jersey.

Imprinting: ornithological fact or psychological artifact? L. J•MrS S}i•rmo and GarRy Gm•Nmrmg, Arian Behavior Lab- oratory, Department o1: Psychology, University o1: Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON


Florida Scrub .lay helpers. GL• E. Woor•ss•)ss, Depart- ment of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Sequential polyandry in the Spotted Sandpiper and its simi- larity to some polygynous vmting systems. C•LrS BLACX and Lgw•s O•No, Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Temporal spacing of nesting by Red-winged Blackbirds and its influence on breeding sex ratios. Ricu•sr A, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Ohio Field Station, Sandusky, Ohio.

Advantages and di•adeantages of Bank Swallow colaniality. J. L, HoOtLAtin and P. W. SUrReal, Department of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Adaptive significance of synchronized breeding in the Bank Swallow. ST•P}•ES T. EMLEN and NATALIE J. DEMO,•G, Langmuir Laboratory, Department of Neurobiology and Be- havior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Nature and frequency of aggressive interactions among w•n- tering iuncos. ELLES KE•rrRsON, Department of Zoology, Indiana University, Bloonfington, Indiana.

Eco-ethology of the Boat-billed Heron. DougLas W. Mocg, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Habitat preferences and breeding status of the Mountain Plover. WALT•a D. Ga^UL and Lo•s E. WESST•R, Depart- ment of Biology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Nest site selection in a prairie community. DA,'•IEL E. Bow•, Bird Populations Institute, Division o1: Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

Nest site selection by the Common Loon. JVDIT• W. MC' I•TY•m, Department of Zoology, University o1: Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PAPERS SESSIONS


Prey capture by the Brown Pelican. RALPH W. Scm•sn•R, Seabird Research, Inc., Tampa, Florida.

The functional significance of the petter oculi of the domestic fowl. V•c•,x,r Bnac•, Department of Biology, Uni- versity of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Anatomy of the South African Ground Woodpecker, Geo- colapteR olivaceus. Wn,L•A• R. GOODGE, Department of Anatomy, University of Missouri, Cohimbia School of Medicine, Colim•bia, Missouri.

Pituitary prolectin in Spotted TinamoUR and female Black- headed Ducks. E. OTTO H6Hr• and Brax• B. MCKgOWN, Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

The Rufous Hummingbird: smallest body size at high lati- tudes (58 to 60 degrees N). W. A. C•DgR, Department o1: Biological Sciences, University o1: Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Irarelative properties of selected birds' nests. MICF,•F•L D. I•s• and CrmiSTOm•ER BECLgY, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, New York. The ontogeny of temperature regulation in the Belted King- fisher, Megaceryle aleyon. Mic'm•L J. HAmas, Department of Zoology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Energy allocation of nestling Double-crested Cormorants. Eraca H. Dtr•rq Port Rowan, Ontario.

Leg coloration and warbler behavior. E•WAR• H. BtmTT, JR., Department of Zoology, Birge Hall, University of Wis- consin, Madison, Wisconsin.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING PAPERS SESSION

Symposium on

Avian Adaptations to the Arctic

Arranged by Brina Kesse] and George C. West

Introduction. BRINA ]•S8•L, University Museum, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Behavioral adaptations and related bioenergetics in breeding Lapland Longspurs near Barrow, Alaska. TaoMas W. Cvsrnm and Fv, aNK A. PrrgLz•,, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California.

Influence o[ snow on egg-laying in auklets. S•gNcza G. StaY, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Reproductive strntageras o[ two sympntric shorebirds, the Ruddy Turnstone and the Knot, at 82øN Latitude. DAVm N. NgTr•smp, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario.

The [ood and [ceding strategy of territorial Long-tailed Jaegers. PmLm S. T•,Y•Oa, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ot- tawa, Ontario.

Arctic adaptations in the nesting o{ geese. C.qamms D. MAc- I•rta, Joh'• H. Haaawooo, Bm•a•o C. L•F, and C. D. ANr•sY, Department of Zoology, University of Western On- tario, London, Ontario and Minisia-y of Natural Resources, Maple, Ontario.

Genetic plasticity in Snow Geese. Fam• Coo• Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Summary. GgORG• C. W•sx, Institute of Arctic Biology, Uni- versity of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PAPERS SESSIONS


Form and [unction oi winter territories in Phainopeplas. P,•vami• J. Gore.v, C.W. Rice Division, NUS Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Fossil evidence for shorebird affinities of the flamingos. J. A[• F•mJcc•A, Department of Zoology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Caxolina.

Flower visit patterning by territorial Golden-winged Sun- birds. F•ic B. Gm• and L•tm• L. Wo[ L The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

The canonical correlation o i skull and leg variables: the morpholagy of {oraging in House Sparrou3•. Rxc•ar, o F. Jovn•s•oN, Museum of Natural History, University of Kamas, Lawrence, Kansas.


Woodcock breeding dLvplays on a northcentral Oklahoma prairie. Joh'• S. BaaCLA• and RAYMOrqi) L•nsu•, School of Biological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Wintering status of western Burrowing Owls in the Oklahoma Panhandle. K•s•T•I 0. Burrs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

The ornithological work of Samuel W. Woodhouse in In:lian Territory. Joav* S. ToMre, 5911 East d6th Street, Tulsa, Okla- homa.

Decennial survey of the Golden-cheekad Warbler. WAmm,• Pirtac•, Biology Department, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas.

THURSDAY MORNING


Birds of honey mesquite communities, lower Colorado River valley. B• W. A•rrssoN, Rongu• D. O•tMa•a'r and Wm- LL•M LAtm•i•SLAYEB, Arizona State UniversRy, Tempe, Arizona.

Vertical height distributions of birds in a Louisiana forest. JA•am G. Dm•o•, Lonisiana State University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Baton Rouge, Lonisiana.

The structure o[ arian communities along elevational gradi- ents in the northeastern United States. Krnsmm p. Amir and

B•tmY R. Noon, State University of New york at Albany, Albany, New York.

Bird species diversity in Trinidad Mora forest. TuoMas E. LoxmjoY, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.

Bi•t species diversity and •oliage height diversity in a rnontane forest. Bala• L. W•r•rrz, Department of Biology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Eco-morphological configurations and convergent evolution in species and communities. JAMrs R. Kaaa and F•c•s C. JaMrs, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue Univer- sity, West Lafayette, Indiana, and General Ecology Program, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Canonical correlation analysis of the morphology and ecology of birds that coexist. FaANC•S C. la•s and Jxu•s R. K•aa, General Ecology Program, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Ordination of the avi[uuna of Panamanian islands. KIMBERLy G. SMrm and Douglas A. JAMIs, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

PAPERS SESSIONS


A phenetie assessment of subfamily Cardinalinae. J•;•A Jo H•[ac}r, Zoology Department, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

Phenetic affinities within the Aleidac. Camay D. SCI•kL and LOWELI• Spanw% Department of Zoology, University of Okla- homa, Norman, Oklahoma and Department of Science and Mathematics, Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Oregon.

The origin of the Hawaiian honeycreepers. Ro•emr J. Ra•xow, Department of Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Morphology of the bony stapes in suboscines and the Coracii[ormes. A•A• F•vvcctA, Department of Zoology, Uni- versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Evolutionary pattern* in a•ian nests and egg shells, H•aY W. PgLZ[, Department of Ornithology, The American Mu- seum of Natural History. New York. New York

Predatten on birds by windows, domestic cats and cars in rural southern Illinois. WILLIAM Ggoac•:, Department of Zoology, Southera Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbon- dale, Illinois.

Management o[ dredge &poil islands as nesting sites [or colonially nesting birds. JAM•S F. pAl•Nmm and Roszar F. SOOTS, Biology Department, University of North Carolnia at Wiknh•gton, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Biology De- partment, Campbell College, Buies Creek, North Carolina.

Man-altered situations accepted for nesting sites by swallows. A•rrao•Y J. Eastdil, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario.

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A comparison o[ four ordination techniques on a community of breeding passefine birds. Ro,aT C. WmTMOPa•, Depart- ment of Zoology. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Relationships between nest height, vegetation, and housing density in New England suburbs. R•cm•a•) D•Gaa•F and Ja•x W•um T•oMAs, U,S. Department of Agriculture, Univer- sity of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.

The Red-whiskered Bulbul in southern Florida--1974. Osc•m T. Ov•E. Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON PAPERS SESSIONS


Eoolution in North American Pine Grosbeaks, Pinicola enueleator. C. S. ADraSSON, College of Arts and Sciences. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacks- burg, Virginia.

A distributional history of the Black-crested Titmouse. KErra L. Dixon, Department of Biology. Utah State University, Logan. Utah.

Species recognition by Painted Buntings and Indigo Buntings: the relative roles of visual models and advertising songs. D•NNtS M. FOaS•E, Department of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina.

Selection against hybridization between the "Baltimore Oriole," Icterus galbula galbula and the "Bullock's Oriole," Ieterus galbula bullockii. KE•a•L W. CoP, m• and C. G. StaLker, Bell Museum of Natural Histow, University of Min- nesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Peabody Museum of Natural Hister¾, Yale UniversirE. New Haven, Connecticut.

The migrations of Goshawks. Hs•Mtrr C. Mmm•ga and DAsmL D. B•ac•a, Department of Zoology. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and 1328 Nortb Jefferson, Milwaukee. Wisconsin.

Southeastward departures of sharebirds prom Nova Scotia in autumn: a radar study. W. Joa• Pa•la.m)so•, LGL Limited, Environmental Research Associates, Toronto, Ontario.

Movements of Saskatchewan-banded California Gulls. C. SanJesT HoustoN, 863 University Drive, Saskateon, Sas- katchewan.

Territoriality o[ wintering forest-related migrants. lo•i• H. Ram, o• and Dw• W. W•, Welder Wildlife Founda- tion, Sinton, Texas, and Bell Museum of Natural Histow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Interspecific behavior by Ospreys aad Bald Eagles as a factor affecting site selection and nesting success. Joa• C. National Audubon Society, Tavernier, Florida.

lntrespeci[ic competition in two species of open country raptors, Circus ½yaneus and Asio flammeus. Rmlta•m J. Ct•auc and Jtoam G. WePt, Department of Biology, York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pennsylvania. Prey selectivity o• the Wood Stork. Jto•m A. Kt•ltl•g•t, J/•Mm T. Tm•a/•sT, and Joa• C. O•s, Office of Natural Science Studies, U.S. National Park Service, Everglades Na- tional Park, Florida, and National Audubon Society, Tav- ernlet, Florida

Peregrine Falcon nesting and density in West Greenland. Wmua.x• BV•aM, Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Bird dispersal of Casearia nitida (Flacourtiaceae) in Costa Rica. HE•nX F. How•, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Avifauna o• the Rio Corona, Tamaulipas, Mexico: northeastern limits of the tropics. FP•z)gaxcr R. D•vm O. Dn&o•, J•., H•a•sca•[ L. H•a•t, Sa•vr• E. K•vx, and K•ar R. Wmso•, Department of Biology, Baylot University, Waco, Texas.

Organochlorine residues and eggshell-thickness changes in Black-crowned Night Heron eggs. H•ma¾ M. Om,•o•F, E•v,a• E. K[a•s, and T. E• Kaxs•a, Patuxent Wildlife Re- search Center, Laurel, Mawland.

Nest site selection of Barn Swallows in east central Mis- sissippi. J•oM• A. J/•cxso• and Pm•m B. Bmacm•mi•. Zoology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi.

A preliminary analysis o[ time o[ day as a confouading ele- ment in bird cemuaes. WmL•M M. SmrJ•ns, Department of Zoology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

SPECIAL EVENTS

A motion picture session Monday evening featured the following films: "New national parks in Alaska." JOHN M. KAUFMAN, A. DURAND 3ONES, and

A. R. WEISBROD, National Park Service, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, Wash- ington.

"Puffins, predators, and pirates." DAVID l•. NETTLESHIP, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario.

"Music in sparrow song." J^_u•s MVLLm^•, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.

"The mussel specialist." N•o T•g•, Oxford University, Oxford, Eng- land.

The Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, scheduled a well- attended George Miksch Sutton Lecture during the A.O.U. meeting. Rudolf

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H. Drent, Zoologisch Laboratorium, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, Netherlands, spoke on "The problem of family size in birds, considered from the viewpoints of the energetics of incubation and chick raising" Tuesday evening.

An exhibition of bird paintings, mainly by artists who had worked under the direct tutelage of George Miksch Sutton, was held in Seminar Rooms B3 and B4 of the Forum Building.

SOCIAL EVENTS

The Council and Fellows held their symposium and dinner on Monday evening. Associate members attended an afternoon tea at the home of Uni- versity of Oklahoma President and Mrs. Paul F. Sharp on Tuesday and par- ticipated in a tour of the Oklahoma Heritage Center, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, and the Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City on Thursday. Members were guests of President and Mrs. Sharp at a reception in the Ball- room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union Tuesday evening in honor of Rudolf H. Drent and George Miksch Sutton following Dr. Drent's lecture. At the reception, President Sharp accepted a bust of Dr. Sutton presented to the university by Robert H. Furman.

All members attended a tour of the exhibits and research facilities of the

Oklahoma City Zoo Wednesday afternoon followed by ground-breaking cere- monies for Amazonia, the George Miksch Sutton Tropical American Rain Forest Exhibit. Roger Tory Peterson read excerpts from Dr. Sutton's account of crawling through a hollow log that a Turkey Vulture shared with several other beasts and Senorita Priodontes giganteus, a giant armadillo, turned the first spadeful of earth. Afterwards, the Oklahoma Zoological Society hosted an in- formal meal in the Zoo party House.

The annual banquet of the A.O.U. was held Thursday evening in the Com- mons Restaurant; George J. Goodman, Professor of Botany at the University of Oklahoma, recounted in detail the history of botanical exploration of the state.

FIELD TRIPS

Forty persons braved a rainy cool front to participate in local field trips near Norman and around lakes in the Oklahoma City area on 14 October.

Two groups left Norman by bus before dawn 18 October on field trips to the western part of the State. Thirty-four people visited Oklahoma shinnery grassland, sandsage grassland, Foss Reservoir, and Red Rock Canyon State Park where the sighting of Lesser Prairie Chickens was the highlight of the day. Fifty-four others greeted the sun from atop Mount Scott in the unique Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge of southwestern Oklahoma. Bison, longhorns, and prairie dogs provided a western flavor to the refuge tour. Repre- sentative avian species including Rock Wrens, Canyon Wrens, Rufous-crowned Sparrows and vociferous flocks of Sandhill Cranes overhead.

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RESOLUTIONS

Resolutions concerning the Tennessee Creation Act, International Convention on Endangered Species, Psittacine Birds, Persistent Pesticides, Private Con- servation Organizations, Endangered Species Act of 1973 and Appreciation of Arrangements for the 92nd Stated Meeting were adopted at the General Session held Thursday afternoon 17 October 1974. The specific resolutions were as follows:

R•soL•J:r•o• N•J•R 1.--Noting that the Tennessee General Assembly on April 30, 1973 passed an act requiring high school biology textbooks to include the Biblical account of the origin of life (1973 Tennessee Published Acts, Chapter 337), thereby inserting religious views into the teaching of science; and

Recognizing that the theory of organic evolution is the most basic and unifying concept in biology, and that ornithology has contributed extensively to the development of the theory;

The American Ornithologists' Union commends the National Association of Biology Teachers for its efforts challenging the constitutionality of the Act and recommends that religious teaching be restricted to courses in religion.

REsoL•J:rm• 2.--Whereas the Convention on International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora will provide increased protection for many species of endangered wildlife that are subjected to commercial exploitation and have hereto- fore been offered minimal or no protection; and

Whereas the government of the United States played a leading role in the organiza- tion of the convention, and ratified it in September, 1973.

Therefore, the American Ornithologists' Union commends the United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Nigeria, and Togo for having ratified the Convention, and urges the Department of State to encourage the other seventy-five signatory nations to ratify it promptly.

R•soz•J:rxo•v 3.--Whereas the importation of live psittacine birds is exempted from control under terms of the Lacey Act, which provides for the control of importation of injurious wildlife; and

Whereas populations of several potentially injurious psittacine species have become established in the United States; and

Whereas increased harvesting pressure on psittacine birds resulting from new restrictions on the importation of other birds could adversely affect the natural populations of psittacine birds;

Therefore, the American Ornithologists' Union urges that the Lacey Act be amended to provide controls over the importation of live psittacine birds.

R•soz•J:rxo• 4.--Believing that the alarming reduction in the U.S. population of peregrine falcons and other birds shown to be susceptible to the effects of persistent pesticides is a symptom of general environmental deterioration; and

Recognizing the misconception that environmental deterioration consists only of pollution perceived as a local and reversible phenomenon; and

Acknowledging that more subtle and indirect environmental disruption, such as diminution of ocean productivity or crop failure due to the resistence of crop pests to pesticides, is a more serious threat to the maintainance of an environmentally stable ci• ilization

The American Ornithologists' Union commends the Environmental Protection Agency for its administrative rulings to restrict the use of DDT, dieldrin, and aldrin, but questions the special registration by EPA which authorized the spraying of 75

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pounds per acre of DDT on 380,000 acres of land in the northwestern states in 1974 to control the Douglas Fir Tussock Moth.

We recommend that a policy emphasizing integrated pest management be employed, that no further applications of persistent pesticides be permitted over large open areas, and that more effort be devoted to the development of substances that are effective in controlling pests but do not remain in the environment longer than one growing season.

RESOZUT•O• 5.--The American Ornithologists' Union acknowledges the outstanding efforts of the many private conservation organizations that are conducting vigorous programs to protect animals, plants, and natural areas. We are particularly grateful to:

The Audubon Society for its expanding research program on endangered species of birds;

The Nature Conservancy for its Heritage Program giving assistance to individual states so that they may obtain federal funds to protect unique natural areas; and

The World Wildlife Fund for its new program for the support of research and the establishment of large preserves in tropical rain forests.

RESOLUT•O• 6.--Recognizing the importance of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 requiring an expansion of the list of species to be protected over those of the 1969 Act, and requiring the preparation of a list of threatened species and populations of species; and

Noting that since its passage no new species have been added, and that although Section 7 of the Act specifies that habitats of listed endangered and threatened species may not be disturbed by federal projects, the habitats of species that should be listed are not now being protected;

The American Ornithologists' Union urges that prompt action be taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare and publish lists of endangered and threatened species as required by the Act.

REsoz•o• 7.--Whereas the American Ornithologists' Union has met for its 92nd Stated Meeting in Norman, Oklahoma, at the invitation of the University of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Ornithological Society, and the Cleveland County Bird Club; and

Whereas the American Ornithologists' Union has enjoyed the exceptionally fine facilities of the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education, and has appreciated the hospitality of the local Committee on Arrangements, including excellent technical support for the paper sessions and the symposium on arian adaptations to the Arctic, enjoyable social events, local tours, and field trips to the shinnery oak-glasslands and the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge; and

Whereas the Union also has appreciated the decision by the University of Oklahoma to hold the George M. Sutton lecture in ornithology during the meeting,

Therefore, be it resolved that the American Ornithologists' Union expresses its sincere appreciation to the sponsoring organizations, the Oklahoma Zoological Society, the Oklahoma City Zoo, and particularly to Gary D. Schnell and the Local Committee on Arrangements for their outstanding efforts.

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COUNCiL OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION FOR 1974--1975

OFFICERS

Donald S. Farner, President Charles G. Sibley, First Vice-President Wesley E. Lanyon, Second Vice-President George E. Watson, Secretary John A. Wiens, Treasurer

Elective Councilors

John William Hardy ................ 1975 Lester L. Short ............. 1975

Richard L. Zusi ................. 1975

Richard C. Banks ................ 1976

Brina Kessel .............................. 1976

James R. King ........................... 1976 Frances C. James ............................ 1977 Burt L. Monroe, Jr .................... 1977 Kenneth C. Parkes ....................... 1977

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCiL

Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Editor of the Auk

Alexander Wetmore, 1926-29 Herbert Friedmann, 1937-39 Hoyes Lloyd, 1945-48 Ernst Mayr, 1957-59 George H. Lowery, Jr., 1959-62 Austin L. Rand, 1962-64

Past Presidents

Dean Amadon, 1964-66 Harold F. Mayfield, 1966-68 John W. Aldrich, 1968-70 Robert W. Storer, 1970-72 Joseph J. Hickey, 1972-73

A.O.U. COm•fITTEES 1974--75

INVESTING TRUSTEES: Cyrus Mark, Chairman. Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., James R. Ware.

COMMITTEE ON ARCHIVES: Gorman M. Bond, Chairman. Dean Amadon, Elizabeth S. Austin, Earle R. Greene.

COMMITTEE ON BIOGRAPHY: Charles H. Blake, Chairman. Mary M. Erick- son, Helen Hays, James A. Mulligan.

COMMITTEE ON BIRD COLLECTIONS: Mary H. Clench, Chairman. Jon C. Barlow, Robert W. Dickerman, James L. Gulledge, John P. Hubbard, Joseph R. Jehl, Jr., Marion Anne Jenkinson, Gary D. Schnell, Franqois Vuilleumier, Richard L. Zusi.

COMMITTEE ON BREWSTER AND COUES AWARDS: Gordon H. Orians, Chairman. Martin L. Morton, Robert E. Ricklefs, Charles G. Sibley, Franqois Vuilleumier.

COMMITTEE ON BYLAW CHANGES: Richard C. Banks, Chairman. Lester L. Short, Richard L. Zusi.

PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A.O.U. CENTENNIAL: Walter Bock, Chairman. Alan H. Brush, Stephen T. Emlen, Frank B. Gill, Frances C. James, James R. King, Gordon H. Orians, Lester L. Short.

COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE: Eugene Eisen- mann, Chairman. Dean Amadon, Richard C. Banks, Emmet R. Blake, Thomas R. Howell, Ned K. Johnson, George H. Lowery, Jr., Kenneth C. Parkes, Robert W. Storer.


COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION: David B. Marshall, Chairman. Alan Bald- ridge, James C. Bartonek, Alex Dzubin, Warren B. King, Oscar T. Owre, Robert J. Robel, J. Michael Scott.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Chairman. Charles H. Blake, Walter Bock, James J. Dinsmore, Eugene Eisenmann, J. W. Hardy, Herbert W. Kale II, Florence A. Pettis.

COMMITTEE ON ENDOWMENT: William C. Vaughan, Chairman. Winston W. Brockner, John R. Forbes, Michael Gochfeld, Cyrus Mark, John P. O'Neill, John S. Weske.

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE: John A. Wiens, Chairman. Hoyes Lloyd, Cyrus Mark, Burr L. Monroe, Jr., Robert J. Newman, Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., George E. Watson.

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN TRANSLATIONS: George E. Watson, Chairman. Dale M. Arvey, Victor Dolnik, Robert S. Hoffman, Sergej Postupalsky, M.D. F. Udvardy.

LOCAL COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS: Spencer G. Sealy, Chairman. Roger M. Evans, Treasurer, Eugene F. Bossenmaier, Dale Caswell, Herbert W. R. Cop- land, David R. M. Hatch, Robert E. Jones, Helen Lloyd, Ardythe McMaster, Colleen Nelson, Noreen Sealy, Robert R. Taylor, Robert N. Waldon, Keith S. Yonge.

COMMITTEE O'N NOMINATION OF MEMBERS: Laurence C. Binford, Chair- man. Kenneth P. Able, Robert F. Andrle, Lawrence G. Balch, Jon C. Barlow, Delwyn G. Berrett, Charles T. Collins, David A. Easterla, Charles D. Fisher, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, C. Stuart Houston, John P. Hubbard, Horace H. Jeter, Douglass H. Morse, Dennis R. Paulson, Stephen M. Russell, Robert W. Smart, Jerry B. Strickling, Paul W. Sykes, Harriet P. Thomas, Charles H. Trost, John L. Zimmerman.

COMMITTEE ON NOMINATION OF ELECTIVE MEMBERS AND FELLOWS:

Chandler S. Robbins, Chairman. Keith L. Dixon, Richard T. Holmes. COMMITTEE ON NOMINATION OF CORRESPONDING AND HONORARY

FELLOWS: George A. Bartholomew, Chairman. Walter Bock, Peter R. Marler. COMMITTEE ON THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: Alan H. Brush, Chairman.

Joanna Burger, Richard T. Holmes, Spencer G. Sealy, George E. Watson. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS: Oliver L. Austin, Jr., Chairman. Eugene

Eisenmann, J. W. Hardy, Ralph S. Palmer, George E. Watson, John A. Wiens. COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH: James R. King and Walter Bock, Cochairmen.

Erica H. Dunn, Stephen T. Emlen. COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS: Frances C. James, Chairman. Marshall A.

Howe, David B. Marshall, George E. Watson. COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL USE OF WILD BIRDS:

John W. Aldrich, Chairman. Richard C. Banks, Tom J. Cade, William A. Calder, F. Graham Cooch, Stephen T. Emlen, Guy Greenwell, Thomas R. Howell, John P. Hubbard, David W. Johnston, Richard F. Johnston, L. Richard Mewaldt.

COMMITTEE ON STUDENT AWARDS: Russell P. Balda, Chairman. David A. Boag, Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Donald A. Jenni, James R. Karr, Robert C. Stein.

REPRESENTATIVE ON A.A.A.S. COUNCIL: M.D. F. Udvardy, Representative to Section F, Biological Sciences.

REPRESENTATIVE ON NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL: George E. Watson, Representative to Assembly of Life Sciences.

OBSERVER TO A.I.B.S. GOVERNING BOARD: George E. Watson.

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TREASURER'S REPORT

1 AucusT 1973-31 JuLY 1974

INCOME TO ACTIVE FU•D

Dues ................................................................ $23,355.25 Subscriptions ........................................................... 12,038.50 Sale of back issues of The Auk ......................... 862.65

Royalties ............................................................. 309.67 Advertising .................................................. 1,873.24 Donations to Active Fund .......................................... 1,609.72 Sale of reprints ......................................................... 239.87 Income from General Endowment ........................ 8,857.13 Income from Ruthven Deane Fund ........................... 332.34

Income from surplus ............................................... 4,409.02

TOTAL INCO•rE .......................................... $53,887.39 Balance in account, 31 July 1973 ..................... 13,249.51

TOTAL ........................................................... $67,136.90

DISBURSEMENTS FRONi ACTIVF, FUND

Expenses, publication of The Auk ................................. $46,621.79 Expenses, President ............................................. 125.28 Expenses, Secretary ................................................. 1,324.98 Expenses• Treasurer ................................................. 3,498.63 Cost of dues notices (2 years) ........................... 1,778.26 Cost of annual meetings ........................................ 1,710,.78 Mailing of back issues of The Auk .............................. 66.13 Cost of reprints .......................................... 91.62 Membership brochure printing ......................................... 350.16 A.S.C. meeting (travel) ................................................. 268.89 Donations from Active Fund ........................................ 230.00

TOTAL DISBURSmVrENTS .......................................... $56,066.52

Balance in Active Fund, 1 August 1974 ..................................

$56,066.52

$11,070.38

SPECIAL FUNDS

Brewster Memorial Fund:

Income from investments .......................................... $ Expenses of producing (3) medals ................................ Postage ............................................................................... Award (Goodall) ............................................................... Balance in account .............................................................

578.80

$ 206.21 17.51

177.78

177.30

578.80 $ 578.80


Bird Protection Fund:

Balance forward ....................................................... Income from investments

To Intern. Council for Bird Protection

Balance in account

Educational Fund:

Balance forward .............................................................. Income from investments ...........................................

Memberships for 35 students ...................................... Balance in account .....................................................

43.44

103.72

$ 100.00 47.16

147.16 $ 147.16

7.01

288.84

$ 280.00 15.85

$ 295.85 $ 295.85

General Endowment Fund:

Balance forward ................................................. $ 4,538.41 W. E. Clyde Todd estate ............................................... 2,177.16 Life membership payments ..................................... 4,896.50 Donation, Alexander Wetmore ................................ 500.00 Donation, John W. Aldrich ......................................... 100.00 Other donations .............................................................. 92.50

To Investing Trustees ........................................... $11,000.00 Balance in account ......................................... 1,304.57

$121304.57 $12,304.57

Handbook of North American Birds Fund:

Balance forward ...................................................... $ Balance in account ...................................................

$

45.91

$ 45.91

45.91 $ 45.91

Special Publications Fund:

Balance forward ............................................... $12,967.38 Income from investments .......................................... 371.37

Sale of Check-lists ....................................................... 1,359.15 Sale of Proceedings ......................................................... 339.00 Sale of Indexes ......................................................... 603.50

Sale of Biographies ....................................................... 4.00 Mailing of publications .................................................. $ 108.47 Refunds ................................................................ 44.00

Balance in account ............................................................... 15,491.93

$15,644.40 $15,644.40

A.O.U. Monographs Fund:

Balance forward ............................................................... $25,276.84 Sale of Monographs ............................................................ 5,120.13

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Donation from Tucker Foundation .................................... 5,000.00 Publication expense, Monograph No. 14 ............................ Publication expense, Monograph No. 15 ........................... Expenses, transfer to Woolfenden ...................................... Editorial expenses ................................................................. Mailing of publications ......................................................... Balance in account ................................................................

$ 3,930.07 5,363.63

264.37

15.05

501.92

25,321.93

$35,396.97 $35,396.97

Marcia B. Tucker Fund:

Donation from Tucker Foundation .................................... $ 500.00 1974 Awards: Edward Burtt, Jr .................................... $ 250.00

William Shields .............................................. 250.00

$ 500.00 $ 500.00

Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Fund:

Balance forward ................................................. $ 868.60 Income from investments ...................................................... 620.07

Donation, Ernst Mayr .......................................................... 600.00 1974 Grants: David E. Joyner .......................................... $ 150.00

Mike Mossman ................................................ 150.00

Mary A. Crock .............................................. 600.00 Balance in account ............................................................ 1,188.67

$ 2,088.67 $ 2,088.67

CLOSING BALANCES

Active Fund ........................................................................... $11,070.38 Brewster Memorial Fund ............................................................. 177.30

Bird Protection Fund ................................................................... 47.16

Educational Fund ......................................................................... 15.85

General Endowment Fund ....................................................... 1,304.57 Handbook of North American Birds Fund ............................. 45.91

Special Publications Fund ..................................................... 15,491.93 A.O.U. Monographs Fund ..................................................... 25,321.93 Marcia B. Tucker Fund ................................................................ -o-

Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Fund ............................................ 1,188.67

TOTAL ..........................................................................

Checking account, Louisville, Kentucky ................................... $ 246.86 Uninvested cash, Chicago ....................................................... 4,416.84 Variable demand notes, Chicago ................................................ 50,000.00

TOTAL ................................................................................

$54,663.7O

$54,663.7O

BIJ'RT L. MONROE, Treasurer

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